Maine will use a traditional “request for proposal” process instead of a proposed direct-negotiation system, a state official said today.

At least two legislators say requests for proposals would likely be more transparent and fair, and one may ask the LePage administration to reconsider its plan.

Bath Iron Works will put the 88 workers on a recall list to potentially be rehired if demand for their jobs returns.

The customers are orderly but eager as Maine’s Apple store joins in the hoopla over the new smartphone.

The modification will allow BIW to continue engineering, design and other work on the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class of destroyers.

Ford Reiche says his ability to handle logistics would help Maine raise revenue on a contract he now calls broken.